Some years ago I filmed a report for Countryfile about a remarkable project to save wild Atlantic salmon. Backing it was a wealthy, charismatic Icelander called Orri Vigfússon who warned: “If we don’t

As March 15 looms, we examine the potted history of one of angling’s perennial talking points...

After a quiet month in James Raymond waits for the arrival of the smolt-scoffing spurdogs, but only after his long-awaited trip to Norway

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Dave Lewis recalls a trip to explore the National Museum of Wales’ collection of rare and unusual fish, and asks why these sorts of catches seem to be becoming more common

Just before Christmas, a bitter wind blew in. Ice and snow descended, first in Scotland and then, on Boxing Day, across the rest of the UK. Before it could melt or the new year arrive, a second blizza